List of authors by name: H

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with H:

Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

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• Jacob Haafner (1754–1809, Germany/Netherlands, nf)
• Magnhild Haalke (1885–1984, Norway, f)
• Dorian Haarhoff (born 1944, S Africa/Namibia)
• Espen Haavardsholm (born 1945, Norway, f/p/nf)
• Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/ch)
• Jürgen Habermas (born 1929, Germany, nf)
• Ahsan Habib (1917–1985, India/Bangladesh, p/f/ch)
• M. A. R. Habib (living, US, nf)
• Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984, Afghanistan, nf)
• Helon Habila (born 1967, Nigeria, f/p)
• Chékéba Hachemi (born 1974, Afghanistan, nf)
• Najat El Hachmi (born 1979, Morocco/Spain, f/nf)
• Maria Hack (1777–1844, England, nf/ch)
• Marilyn Hacker (born 1942, US, p/nf)
• Erich Hackl (born 1954, Austria, f)
• William Hacket (died 1591, England, nf)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877, Germany, f/nf)
• Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany, d/nf)
• David Hackworth (1930–2005, US, nf)
• Malek Haddad (1927–1978, Algeria, p/f/nf)
• Ali Haddani (1936–2007, Morocco, p)
• Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997, Egypt, nf/f)
• Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964, US, ch)
• Mark Haddon (born 1962, England, f/p/d)
• Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964, US, ch)
• Mark Haddon (born 1962, England, f/p/d)
• Hadewijch (fl. 13th c., Duchy of Brabant, p/nf)
• Tessa Hadley (born 1956, England, f/nf)
• Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976, Australia, f/nf)
• Hadrawi (born 1943, Somaliland, p), full name Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Hadrawi
• Ivana Hadži-Popović (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Stefan Haenni (born 1958, Switzerland, f)
• Hafez (1315–1390, Iran, p), pseudonym of Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī
• Yasser Abdel Hafez (born 1969, Egypt, f/nf)
• Bergljot Hobæk Haff (1925–2016, Norway, f)
• Sebastian Haffner (1907–1999, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Raimund Pretzel
• Einarr Hafliðason (1307–1393, Iceland, nf)
• Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922, Iceland, p)
• Stefán Jón Hafstein (born 1955, Iceland, nf)
• Guðmundur G. Hagalín (1898–1985, Iceland, nf)
• Hrafnhildur Hagalín (born 1965, Iceland, d)
• Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864, Sweden, nf)
• Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754, Germany, p)
• Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949, Philippines/US, d/p)
• Ingeborg Refling Hagen (1895–1989, Norway, nf/p)
• Jean Hager (born 1932, US, f/ch)
• Mandy Hager (born 1960, N Zealand, f/ch/nf)
• Helge Hagerup (1933–2008, Norway, d/p/f)
• Inger Hagerup (1905–1985, Norway, d/p/nf)
• Klaus Hagerup (1946–2018, Norway, p/d/nf)
• H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925, England, f/nf)
• Lilias Rider Haggard (1892–1968, England, nf)
• Sakutarō Hagiwara (萩原朔太郎, 1886–1942, Japan, p)
• Emily Hahn (1905–1997, US, f/nf)
• Óscar Hahn (born 1938, Chile, f/nf/p)
• Hai Zi (海子, 1964–1989, China, p), pseudonym of Zha Haisheng (查海生)
• Qurratulain Haider (1927–2007, India, f/nf)
• Rashid Haider (1941–2020, India/Bangladesh, f)
• Matt Haig (born 1975, England, f/nf/ch)
• Arthur Hailey (1920–2004, UK/Canada, f)
• John Haines (1924–2011, US, p)
• Sarah Hainsworth (born 1967, England, nf)
• David Hair (living, N Zealand, f)
• Dragan Hajduković (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, nf)
• Yusuf Has Hajib (c. 1019–1077, Kara Khanid Khanate, p/nf)
• Allal El Hajjam (born 1949, Morocco, p)
• Pavel Hak (born 1962, Czechoslovakia/France, f)
• Roya Hakakian (born 1966, Iran/US, p/nf)
• Abdul Hakim (c. 1620 – c. 1690, Portuguese E/Mughal E, p)
• Joy Hakim (born 1931, US, nf)
• Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d/nf)
• Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977, Iceland, d)
• Donald Hall (1928–2018, US, p/ch/nf)
• Sarah Hall (born 1974, England, f/p)
• Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, England, p)
• Thea Halo (born 1941, US, p/f/nf)
• Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002, US, f)
• Joe Haldeman (born 1943, US, f)
• John Hales (1584–1656, England, nf)
• Alex Haley (1921–1992, US, nf)
• Tunku Halim (born 1964, Malaysia, f/nf/ch)
• Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020, Tunisia/France, nf)
• Basil Hall (1788–1844, Scotland/England, nf)
• Bernadette Hall (born 1945, N Zealand, d/p)
• Megan Hall (born 1972, S Africa, p)
• Parnell Hall (1944–2020, US, f)
• Pip Hall (born 1971, N Zealand, d)
• Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, England, p/f)
• Rodney Hall (born 1935, Australia, nf/p/f)
• Roger Hall (born 1939, N Zealand, d)
• Henry Hallam (1777–1859, England, nf)
• Hallar-Steinn (fl. c. 1200, Iceland, p)
• Halldórr skvaldri (fl. first half of 12th c., Iceland, p)
• Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 1954, Iceland, d)
• Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
• Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777, Switzerland, nf/p)
• Edmond Halley (1656–1742, England, nf)
• Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (c. 965 – c. 1007, Iceland, p)
• Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807–1845, Iceland, p/nf)
• Tindr Hallkelsson (fl. c. 1000, Iceland, p)
• Friedrich Halm (1806–1871, Austria, d/p/f), pseudonym of Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
• Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015, England, nf)
• Stefmerie Halstead (living, US, f)
• Leslie Halward (1905–1976, England, f/d)
• Rosalie Ham (born 1955, Australia, f/d)
• Boubou Hama (1906–1982, Niger, nf)
• Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788, Germany, nf)
• Tatiana Hambro (born 1989, England, nf)
• Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, Germany/England)
• Barbara Hambly (born 1951, US, f/d)
• Joan Hambidge (born 1956, S Africa, p/nf)
• Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam (born 1981, Afghanistan, nf)
• Joan de Hamel (1924–2011, England/N Zealand, ch)
• Mohsin Hamid (born 1971, Pakistan/US, f/nf)
• Charles Hamilton (1876–1961, England, f/ch), pseudonym Frank Richards
• Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977, US, f)
• Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758–1816, Scotland, nf/p/f)
• Hervey Hamilton (1897–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Denise Robins
• José Ignacio García Hamilton (1943–2009, Argentina, nf)
• Lillias Hamilton (1858–1925, Australia/France, nf)
• Marguerite Hamilton (1920–1998, US, nf)
• Patrick Hamilton (1575–1658, Scotland, p)
• Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962, England, d/f)
• Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960, England, f)
• Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002, US, ch)
• Stefan Hammarén (born 1966, Finland, f/p)
• Beatrice Hammer (born 1963, France, f/ch)
• Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856, Austria, nf)
• Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961, US, f/d)
• Philip Hammial (born 1937, Australia, p)
• Henrietta Hardy Hammond (1854–1883, US, f)
• John Hampson (1901–1955, England, f), pseudonym of John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson
• Susan Hampton (born 1949, Australia, p)
• Leif Hamre (1914–2007, Norway, ch)
• Þorsteinn frá Hamri (1938–2018, Iceland, f/p)
• Knut Hamsun (1859–1952, Norway, f/p/nf)
• Marie Hamsun (1881–1969, Norway, p/ch)
• Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, Hungary, nf)
• Han Dong (韩东, born 1961, China, nf/p/f)
• Han Fei (韓非, c. 280–233 BCE, China, nf)
• Han Han (韩寒, born 1982, China, f/nf)
• Han Shaogong (韓少功, born 1953, China, f)
• Han Su-yeong (born 1967, Korea, f)
• Han Suyin (周光瑚, 1916–2012, China/Switzerland)
• Han Yu (韓愈, 768–824, China, nf/p)
• Kiyoteru Hanada (花田清輝, 1909–1974, Japan, nf)
• Sherin Hanaey (living, Egypt, f/d)
• H. Irving Hancock (1868–1922, US, ch/nf)
• Peter Handke (born 1942, Austria, f/d/p)
• Khady Hane (born 1962, Senegal/France, f)
• Peter Handke (born 1942, Austria, f/d/p)
• Daniel Handler (born 1970, US, ch/f/d), pseudonym Lemony Snicket
• M. Jamil Hanifi (born 1935, Afghanistan, nf)
• Yutaka Haniya (埴谷雄高, 1909–1997, Japan, f)
• Tom Hanks (born 1956, US, f)
• James Hanley (1897–1985, England, f/d)
• Ryō Hanmura (半村良, 1933–2002, Japan, f)
• Kristin Hannah (born 1960, US, f)
• Sophie Hannah (born 1971, England, p/f)
• Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984, Norway, f/d)
• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991, Australia, f/nf)
• Anita Hansemann (1962–2019, Switzerland, f/d/ch)
• Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965, Norway, f/p)
• Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 1950, Norway, p)
• Joyce Hansen (born 1942, US, ch)
• Mark Victor Hansen (born 1948, US, f/nf)
• Maurits Hansen (1794–1842, Norway, f)
• Ron Hansen (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• Hanshan (寒山, fl. 9th c., China, p)
• Arvid Hanssen (1932–1998, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Bob Hansson (born 1970, Sweden, p)
• Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (born 1946, Faroe Is, f/nf)
• Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1923, Austrian E, nf)
• Hao Jingfang (郝景芳, born 1984, China, f)
• Eberhard Werner Happel (1647–1690, Germany, f/nf)
• Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942, India, nf)
• Yahya Haqqi (1905–1992, Egypt, f/nf)
• Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016, India/Bangladesh, p/f/d)
• Hara Takashi (原敬, 1856–1921, Japan, nf)
• Tamiki Hara (原民喜, 1905–1951, Japan, nf/p)
• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016, Iceland, p)
• Nino Haratischwili (born 1983, USSR/Germany, f/d)
• Mohamed Harbi (born 1933, Algeria, nf)
• Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, Germany, d/f)
• Michael Hardcastle (1933–2019, England, ch)
• Frances Hardinge (born 1973, England, ch)
• Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany, d/p/f), pseudonym of Ernst Stöckhardt
• Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, England, f/p/d)
• Bjarni Harðarson (born 1961, Iceland, f)
• Ísak Harðarson (born 1956, Iceland, p/f/nf)
• John Hare (England/Nigeria, 1934–2022), pseudonym Dan Fulani
• Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia, p/f)
• Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988, England, ch)
• Johann Hari (born 1979, Scotland/England, nf)
• John Harington (1560–1612, England, nf)
• Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930, Russian E/Germany, nf)
• Charles Harness (1915–2005, US, f)
• Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981, England, f/ch)
• Juan Damián López de Haro (1581–1648, Spain/Puerto Rico, nf/p)
• Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia/Botswana, f)
• Charles Harpur (1813–1868, Australia, p)
• Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936, England, nf)
• Yasser Harrak (living, Tangier/Canada, nf)
• Edward Harrington (1895–1966, Australia, p/f)
• James Harrington (1611–1677, England, nf)
• Alexandra Harris (born 1981, England, nf)
• Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917, US, ch/nf)
• E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009, US, f)
• Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931, US, f)
• Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942, N Zealand, nf)
• Joanne Harris (born 1964, England, f)
• Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908, US, f/nf)
• Joseph Harris (Gomer) (1773–1825, Wales, p/nf)
• Max Harris (1921–1995, Australia, p/nf)
• Robert Harris (1951–1993, Australia, p)
• Robert Harris (born 1957, England, f)
• Rosemary Harris (1923–2019, England, ch)
• Sam Harris (born 1967, US, nf)
• Thomas Harris (born 1940, US, f)
• Tom Harris (1903–1983, England, nf)
• Wilson Harris (1921–2018, British Guiana/England, p/f/nf)
• Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955, US, ch)
• Elizabeth Harrison (1921–2008, England, f)
• Harry Harrison (1925–2012, US/England, f/nf)
• Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928, England, nf)
• Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, Australia, p)
• Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US, p/f/ch)
• Lisi Harrison (born 1970, Canada, ch/f)
• M. John Harrison (born 1945, England, f/nf)
• Martin Harrison (1949–2014, England/Australia, p)
• Sarah Harrison (born 1946, England, f/ch)
• Tony Harrison (born 1937, England, p/d)
• Les Harrop (born 1948, England/Australia, p/nf)
• Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, f)
• J. S. Harry (1939–2015, Australia, p)
• Lou Harry (born 1963, US, nf/d)
• Carla Harryman (born 1952, US, p/nf/d)
• Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658, Germany, p)
• David Harsent (born 1942, England, p/d/f)
• Johan Harstad (born 1979, Norway, f/d)
• Christopher Hart (born 1965, England, f/nf)
• Josephine Hart (1942–2011, Ireland/England, f/d)
• Kevin Hart (born 1954, Australia, p/nf)
• Maarten 't Hart (born 1944, Netherlands, f)
• Michael H. Hart (born 1932, US, nf)
• Paul Hartal (born 1936, Hungary/Canada, p/nf)
• Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943, England, nf)
• Alice Hart-Davis (born 1963, Wales/England, nf)
• Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936, England, nf/f)
• Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–1999, England, nf)
• Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905, Germany/Italy, p/d)
• Dorothy Hartley (1893–1985, England, nf)
• L. P. Hartley (1895–1972, England, f)
• Peter Härtling (1933–2017, Germany, f/nf/ch)
• Hartmann von Aue (c. 1160/1170 – c. 1210/1220, Germany, p)
• Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872, Austrian E/Germany, p)
• Petra Hartmann (born 1970, Germany, f)
• William K. Hartmann (born 1939, US, nf)
• Michael Hartnett (1941–1999, Ireland, p), Irish name Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide
• Sonya Hartnett (born 1968, Australia, f/ch)
• Phyllis Hartnoll (1906–1997, England, p/nf)
• Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands/US, d/f/nf)
• William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, England/Australia, p/ch)
• Julia Hartwig (1921–2017, Poland, p/nf)
• Heather Joan Harvey (1899–1989, England, nf)
• Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia, p), pseudonym of Gwendoline Nessie Foster
• Ali ibn Harzihim (559–1163, Morocco, nf)
• Hussein Hasan (1850s – 1910s, Somalia, p)
• Avdo Karabegović Hasanbegov (1878–1900, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Sinan Hasani (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838–1907, Russian E/Romania, nf)
• Kaitarō Hasegawa (長谷川海太郎, 1900–1935, Japan, f)
• Hasegawa Nyozekan (長谷川如是閑, 1875–1969, Japan, nf)
• Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川時雨, 1879–1941, Japan, d)
• Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/nf)
• Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany/France, p/d)
• Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837–1889, Germany, nf)
• Sugako Hashida (橋田壽賀子, 1925–2021, Japan, d), real name Sugako Iwasaki (岩﨑壽賀子)
• Dilara Hashem (1936–2022, India/Bangladesh, f)
• Shinkichi Hashimoto (橋本進吉, 1882–1945, Japan, nf)
• Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, Pakistan/England, p)
• Ahmet Hâşim (c. 1884–1933, Ottoman E/Turkey)
• J. H. Haslam (1874–1969, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Eveline Hasler (born 1933, Switzerland, f/ch)
• Josef Haslinger (born 1955, Austria, f/nf)
• Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, Australia, f/p)
• Ebba Haslund (1917–2009, Norway, f/d/ch)
• Robert Hass (born 1941, US, p/nf)
• Mohamed Hassaïne (1945–1994, Algeria, nf)
• Noordin Hassan (born 1929, Malaya/Malaysia, d)
• Zurinah Hassan (born 1949, Malaya/Malaysia, p/f)
• Henry Hasse (1913–1977, US, f)
• Jon Hassler (1932–2008, US, f)
• Libby Hathorn (born 1943, Australia, ch/p)
• Milton Hatoum (born 1952, Brazil, f)
• Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England/Wales, f)
• Joseph Hatton (1837–1907, England, f/nf)
• Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827, Germany, p/f)
• Paal-Helge Haugen (born 1945, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943–2014, Norway, f/ch/nf)
• Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany/Poland, d/f)
• Georges Hausemer (1957–2018, Luxembourg, f/nf), pseudonym Theo Selmer
• Otto Hauser (1874–1932, Switzerland, nf)
• Albrecht Haushofer (1903–1945, Germany, nf)
• Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria, f)
• Raoul Hausmann (1996–1971, Austria/France, p)
• Adolph Hausrath (1837–1909, Germany, nf), pseudonym George Taylor
• Havank (1904–1964, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus van der Kallen
• Juanita Havill (born 1949, US, ch)
• Dewi Havhesp (1831–1884, Wales, p), pseudonym of David Roberts
• Iosi Havilio (born 1974, Argentina, f)
• Hawad (born 1950, Niger/France, p), also Mahmoudan Hawad
• Charles Boardman Hawes (1889–1923, US, f/nf)
• Stephen Hawes (died 1523, England, p)
• Ethan Hawke (born 1970, US, f)
• Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848–1908, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym Lanoe Falconer
• Peter Hawker (1786–1853, England, nf)
• Robert Hawker (1803–1875, England, p/nf)
• Jane Hawking (born 1944, England, nf)
• Stephen Hawking (1942–2018, England, nf)
• Desmond Hawkins (1908–1999, England, nf/d)
• Gerald Hawkins (1928–2003, England/US, nf)
• Karen Hawkins (living, US, f)
• Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, N Zealand, p)
• Paula Hawkins (born 1972, Rhodesia/England, f)
• William Hawkins (1722–1801, England, p/d)
• Noah Hawley (born c. 1967, US, f/d)
• Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934, US, p/f/nf)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864, US, f)
• Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001, S Africa/England, nf)
• Susan Hawthorne (born 1951, Australia, nf/p/f)
• Faraj Hawwar (born 1954, Tunisia, f/nf)
• Catherine Hay (1910–1995, N Zealand, f)
• Deltina Hay (born 1960, US, nf)
• George Campbell Hay (1915–1984, Scotland, p)
• Gilbert Hay (c. 1403 – post-1456, Scotland, p)
• Gyula Háy (1900–1975, Hungary, nf/d), pseudonym Stefan Faber
• Karyn Hay (born 1959, N Zealand, f)
• Yoshiki Hayama (葉山嘉樹, 1894–1945, Japan, f)
• Yuji Hayami (早見裕司, born 1961, Japan, f)
• Fumiko Hayashi (林芙美子, 1903 or 1904–1951, Japan, f/p)
• Fusao Hayashi (林房雄, 1903–1975, Japan, nf)
• Robert Hayden (1913–1980, US, p/nf)
• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales/England, p)
• Ernest Haycox (1899–1950, US, f)
• Jon Haylett (living, Tanganyika/Scotland, f)
• William Hayley (1745–1820, England, nf)
• Carole Hayman (living, England, f/d)
• Robert Hayman (1575–1629, England/Newfoundland, p)
• Sylvia Haymon (1918–1995, England, nf/f)
• Natalie Haynes (born 1974, England, d/f/ch)
• Tony Haynes (born 1960, US, p/ch)
• Mary Hays (1759–1843, England, nf/p/f)
• Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949, Vietnam/US,), born Phùng Thị Lệ Lý
• Nikolay Haytov (1919–2002, Bulgaria, f/d/nf)
• Joel Hayward (born 1964, N Zealand, f/nf/p)
• Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990, US, ch)
• Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, England, f/d/p)
• Helen Haywood (1907–1995, England, ch)
• Barbara Haworth-Attard (born 1953, Canada, ch)
• Attila Hazai (1967–2012, Hungary, f)
• Sudhir Hazareesingh (born 1961, England/Mauritius, nf)
• Flore Hazoumé (born 1959, Republic of the Congo/Ivory Coast, f/ch)
• Paul Hazoumé (1890–1980, Benin, f/nf)
• William Hazlitt (1778–1830, England, nf/d)
• William Carew Hazlitt (1834–1913, England, nf)
• Paul Hazoumé (1890–1980, Benin, nf/f)
• Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016, Australia/US, f/nf)

He

• He Changling (賀長齡, 1785–1848, China, nf)
• He Qinglian (何清漣, born 1956, China, nf)
• He Zhizhang (賀知章, c. 659–744, China, p/nf)
• Bessie Head (1937–1986, S Africa/Botswana, f/nf)
• Tim Heald (1944–2016, England, nf/f)
• Seamus Heaney (1939–2013, Ireland, p/d)
• John Hearne (1926–1994, Jamaica, f/nf)
• James Hearst (1900–1983, US, p/nf)
• Helen Heath (born 1970, N Zealand, p)
• Roy Heath (1926–2008, British Guiana/England, f)
• John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, England, p)
• Constance Heaven (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
• Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany/Austria, p/d)
• Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826, Germany, f/p/nf)
• Reginald Heber (1783–1826, England, nf/p)
• Anne Hébert (1916–2000, Canada, f/p)
• James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, England/Australia, p/n)
• Peter Hebblethwaite (1930–1994, England, nf)
• Fethia Hechmi (born 1955, Tunisia, f/p/nf)
• Victor Heck (born 1967, US, f/d)
• Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat (1800–1871, Persia, nf/p)
• Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951, Iran/France, f/d/nf)
• Carol Hedges (living, England, f/ch)
• Markus Hediger (born 1959, Switzerland, p/nf)
• Friedrich Heer (1916–1983, Austria, nf)
• Etienne van Heerden (born 1954, S Africa, f/p/d)
• Simon Heere Heeresma (1932–2011, Netherlands, f/p)
• Rebecca Heflin (born 1963, US, f), pseudonym of Barbara Dianne Farb
• Simon Heffer (born 1960, England, nf)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany, nf)
• Hegemon of Thasos (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, d)
• Johannes Heggland (1919–2008, Norway, f/ch/d)
• Gunnar Heiberg (1857–1929, Norway, p/d/nf)
• Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011, US, ch)
• Martin Heidegger (1889–1976, Germany, nf)
• Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940, Sweden, p/f)
• Bernard Heidsieck (1928–2014, France, p)
• A. F. Th. van der Heijden (born 1951, Netherlands, f)
• Herman Heijermans (1864–1924, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym Samuel Falkland
• Mohammed Hussein Heikal (Egypt, nf/f)
• Seppo Heikinheimo (1938–1997, Finland, nf)
• Moe Hein (1942–2010, Burma/Myanmar, nf/p)
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856, Germany/France, p/nf)
• Helme Heine (born 1941, Germany/N Zealand, ch/d)
• William Heinesen (1900–1991, Faroe Is, p/f/ch)
• Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988, US, f)
• Heinrich von Morungen (died c. 1220/1222, Germany, p)
• Heinrich von Veldeke (c. 1150 – post-1184, Flanders, p/nf)
• Willi Heinrich (1920–2005, Germany, f)
• Anita Heiss (born 1968, Australia, nf/ch/p)
• Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996, Germany, f/p)
• Arash Hejazi (born 1971, Iran, nf/f)
• Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US, p/nf)
• Lin Van Hek (born 1944, Australia, p/f/nf), born Lyn Van Hecke
• Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936, Yugoslavia/Hungary, p/f/nf)
• Liliana Heker (born 1943, Argentina, nf)
• Kurt Held (1897–1959, Germany/Switzerland, f/p), pseudonym Kurt Held
• Herberto Hélder (1930–2015, Portugal, p)
• Einarr Helgason (fl. 10th c., Iceland, p)
• Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959, Iceland, f/nf)
• Jón Helgason (1899–1986, Iceland, nf/p)
• Þórður Helgason (born 1947, Iceland, nf)
• Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US, f/d)
• Meshullam Feivush Heller (c. 1742–1794, Spain, nf)
• Cat Hellisen (born 1977, S Africa, f)
• Jill Hellyer (1925–2011, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Guy Helminger (born 1963, Luxembourg, f/d)
• Nico Helminger (born 1953, Luxembourg, p/f/d)
• Guðrið Helmsdal (born 1941, Faroe Is, p)
• Rakel Helmsdal (born 1966, Faroe Is, f/ch/d)
• Liv Heløe (born 1963, Norway, d)
• George Helon (born 1965, England/Australia, p/nf)
• Mark Helprin (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• Racey Helps (1913–1970, England, ch)
• Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, Hungary/Transylvania, nf)
• Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, Wales/Ireland, p)
• Kris Hemensley (born 1946, Australia, p)
• Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961, US, f/nf)
• Alexander Henderson (c. 1583–1646, Scotland, nf)
• Christina Henderson (1861–1953, N Zealand, nf)
• Ebenezer Henderson (1809–1879, Scotland, nf)
• Zenna Henderson (1917–1983, US, f)
• Tony Hendra (1941–2021, England/US, nf)
• Georges Henein (1914–1973, Egypt/France, p/nf)
• Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, Australia, nf/f/p)
• Shirl Henke (born 1942, US, f)
• Virginia Henley (born 1935, England, f)
• William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, England, p)
• Sass Henno (born 1982, USSR/Estonia, f)
• Levi Henriksen (born 1964, Norway, f/p)
• Vera Henriksen (1927–2016, Norway, f/d/nf)
• Alf Henrikson (1905–1995, Sweden, nf/p)
• Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088 – c. 1157, England, nf)
• Marguerite Henry (1902–1997, US, ch)
• O. Henry (1862–1910, US, f)
• Robert Henryson (c. 1460–1500, Scotland, p)
• Luise Hensel (1798–1876, Germany, p)
• Philip Hensher (born 1965, England, f/nf)
• G. A. Henty (1832–1902, England, f)
• Anne Hepple (1877–1959, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Hepple Dickinson
• Heraclitus (c. 535 – c. 475 BCE, Greece, nf)
• A. P. Herbert (1890–1971, England, f/d)
• Agnes Herbert (late 1870s – 1960, Isle of Man, nf)
• Frank Herbert (1920–1986, US, f/nf)
• George Herbert (1593–1633, England, p/nf)
• William Herbert (1778–1847, England, nf/p)
• Hans Herbjørnsrud (1938–2023, Norway, f)
• Dag Herbjørnsrud (born 1971, Norway, nf)
• Manu Herbstein (born 1936, S Africa, f)
• Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889, Germany, f/ch)
• Alexandre Herculano (1910–1977, Portugal, f/nf)
• Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1964, Hungary, d/f)
• Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744–1803, Germany, nf/p)
• José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905, Cuba/France, p)
• Hergé (1907–1983, Belgium, ch)
• Íeda Herman (1925–2019, Iceland/US, nf)
• Judith Hermann (born 1970, Germany, f)
• Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995, Netherlands, p/f/nf)
• Marie Hermanson (born 1956, Sweden, f)
• François Tristan l'Hermite (c. 1601–1665, France, d)
• Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997, Germany, f/nf/p)
• Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, Hungary, d/f)
• Amado V. Hernandez (1903–1970, Philippines, f/p/nf)
• José Hernández (1834–1886, Argentina, nf/p)
• Miguel Hernández (1910–1942, Spain, p/d)
• Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BCE, Persian E/Greece, nf)
• Antoine Héroet (died 1568, France, p)
• Don Herold (1889–1966, US, nf)
• Robert Heron (1764–1807, Scotland, nf)
• Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948, US, p/nf/ch)
• Francis Hobart Herrick (1858–1940, US, nf)
• James A. Herrick (born 1954, US, nf)
• Jim Herrick (born 1944, England, nf)
• Robert Herrick) (1591–1674, England, p)
• Sophia Bledsoe Herrick (1837–1919, US, nf)
• Steven Herrick (born 1958, Australia, p/ch)
• James Herriot (1916–1995, England, f), pseudonym of James Alfred Wight
• Richard Herrmann (1919–2010, Norway, nf)
• Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000, Switzerland, nf)
• John Herschel (1792–1871, England, nf)
• Noreena Hertz (born 1967, England, nf)
• Solange Hertz (1920–2015, US, nf)
• James Hervey (1714–1758, England, nf)
• Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1859, Scotland/England, p/nf)
• Georg Herwegh (1817–1875, Germany, p)
• Theodor Herzl (1860–1904, Austria/Hungary, nf/d)
• Wilhelm Herzog (1884–1960, Germany, nf)
• Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975, Brazil, nf/d)
• Miguel Hesayne (1922–2019, Argentina, nf)
• Annabel Heseltine (born 1963, England, nf)
• Hesiod (fl. c. 750–650 BCE, Greece, p)
• Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005, England, p)
• Harold Heslop (1898–1983, England, f)
• Hermann Hesse (1877–1962, Germany, f/p)
• Karen Hesse (born 1952, US, ch)
• Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013, Germany/France, nf)
• Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488–1540, Germany, p/nf)
• Paul Hetherington (born 1958, Australia, p)
• Olivia Hetreed (born 1960, England, d)
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931, US, p)
• Juliette Heuzey (1865–1952, France), f/nf
• Dag Heward-Mills (born 1963, England/Ghana, nf)
• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia, p/f/d)
• Ellen Hewett (1843–1926, N Zealand, nf)
• Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, England, f/p/nf)
• David Hewson (born 1953, England, f)
• Christopher Heydon (1561–1623, England, nf)
• John Heydon (1629 – c. 1667, England, nf)
• Georgette Heyer (1902–1974, England, f)
• Peter Heylyn (1599–1652, England, nf)
• Georg Heym (1887–1912, Germany, p/d)
• Stefan Heym (1913–2001, Germany, f/nf), pseudonym of Helmut Flieg
• Éva Heyman (1931–1944, Hungary, nf), child Holocaust victim
• Paul Heyse (1830–1914, Germany, f/d)

Hi–Hn

• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953, US, f/ch)
• Brenda Hiatt (living, US, f/ch)
• Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008, England, nf)
• Eleanor Alice Hibbert (1906–1993, England, f)
• Robert Hichens (1864–1950, England, f/nf/d)
• Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958, N Zealand, nf)
• Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010, US, ch)
• Molly Hide (1913–1995,
• Andrej Hieng (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Keigo Higashino (東野圭吾, born 1958, Japan, f)
• Dick Higgins (1938–1998, England/US, p/nf)
• Jack Higgins (1929–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Henry Patterson
• Kristan Higgins (living, US, f)
• Sarah Higgins (1830–1923, N Zealand, nf)
• Philip E. High (1914–2006, England, f)
• Charles Higham (1931–2012, England/US, nf)
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995, US/Switzerland, f)
• Scott Hightower (born 1952, US, p/nf)
• Ichiyō Higuchi (樋口一葉, 1872–1896, Japan, f), pseudonym of Natsu Higuchi (樋口奈津)
• Naseem Hijazi (1914–1996, India/Pakistan, f)
• Nâzım Hikmet (1902–1963, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/d/f)
• Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007, Germany, f/p)
• Hildebrand (1814–1903, Netherlands), pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets
• Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)
• Edmund Wallace Hildick (1925–2001, England, ch)
• Richard Hildreth (1807–1865, US, nf)
• James Hildyard (1809–1887, England, nf)
• Fiona Hile (living, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Barry Hill (born 1943, nf/p)
• David Hill (born 1942, N Zealand, f/ch)
• Douglas Hill (1935–2007, Canada, f)
• Ernestine Hill (1899–1972, Australia, nf/f/d)
• Eva Hill (1898–1981, N Zealand, nf)
• Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, England, p/nf)
• Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947, US, f)
• Joe Hill (born 1972, US, f/p)
• Justin Hill (born 1971, Bahamas/Hong Kong, f)
• Lorna Hill (1902–1991, England, ch)
• Napoleon Hill (1883–1970, US, nf)
• Reginald Hill (1936–2012, England, f)
• Selima Hill (born 1945, England, p)
• Susan Hill (born 1942, England, f/nf)
• Tobias Hill (born 1970, England, p/nf/f)
• Rut Hillarp (1914–2003, Sweden, p/f)
• Richard Hillary (1919–1943, Australia/Scotland, nf)
• Kurt Hiller (1885–1972, Germany, nf)
• Tony Hillerman (1925–2008, US, f/nf)
• Etty Hillesum (1914–1943, Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim
• Richard Hillman (born 1964, Australia, p)
• Hilda Hilst (1930–2004, Brazil, p/f/d)
• James Hilton (1900–1954, f/d)
• John Buxton Hilton (1921–1986, England, f)
• Paris Hilton (born 1981, US, nf)
• Walter Hilton (c. 1340/1345–1396, England, nf)
• Chester Himes (1909–1984, US/Spain, f)
• Bensalem Himmich (born 1948, Morocco, f/p/nf)
• Saeko Himuro (氷室冴子, 1957–2008, Japan, f/nf/d)
• Kōnosuke Hinatsu (日夏耿之介, 1890–1971, Japan, p), pseudonym of Kunito Higuchi
• Thomas Hinde (1926–2014, England, f/nf)
• Joanna Hines (living, England, f/nf)
• Francis Charles Hingeston-Randolph (1833–1910, England, nf), born Francis Hingston
• Ashihei Hino (火野葦平, 1907–1960, Japan, f)
• Hinrek van Alckmer (fl. 15th c., Netherlands, f)
• Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US, nf)
• Nigel Hinton (born 1941, England, ch)
• S. E. Hinton (born 1948, US, ch)
• Christopher Hinz (born 1951, US, f)
• Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796, Germany, nf)
• Hippocrates (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Hipponax (fl. late 6th c. BCE, Ephesus, p)
• Taiko Hirabayashi (平林たい子, 1905–1972, Japan, nf/f)
• Hiraide Shū (平出修, 1878–1914, Japan, f/p)
• Yumie Hiraiwa (平岩弓枝, 1932–2023, Japan, f)
• Andrea Hirata (born 1967, Indonesia, f)
• Hirato Renkichi (平戸廉吉, 1893–1822m Japan, p/nf)
• Kazuo Hirotsu (広津和郎, 1891–1968, Japan, f/nf)
• Hirotsu Ryurō (広津柳浪, 1861–1928, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hirotsu Naoto
• Rozalie Hirs (born 1965, Netherlands, p)
• Afua Hirsch (born 1981, Norway/England, nf)
• Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US, p/nf)
• Obo Aba Hisanjani (born 1949, Nigeria, p)
• Juran Hisao (久生十蘭, 1902–1957, Japan, f), pseudonym of Masao Abe (阿部正雄)
• Jane Hissey (born 1952, England, ch)
• George Hitchcock (1914–2010, US, p/d/nf)
• Lydia Hitchcock (1946–2011, US/England, n), pseudonym of Penny Jordan
• Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011, England/US, nf)
• H. L. Hix (born 1960, US, p/nf)
• Jón Oddsson Hjaltalín (1749–1835, Iceland, p/nf)
• Þórvaldr Hjaltason (fl. late 10th c., Iceland, p)
• Hera Hjartardóttir (born 1983, Iceland/N Zealand, p)
• Snorri Hjartarson (1906–1986, Iceland, p)
• Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959, Norway, f)
• Ludu U Hla (1910–1982, Burma, nf)
• Pho Hlaing (1830–1883, Burma, nf)
• Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (1876–1964, Burma, p/f/d)
• Olvir Hnufa (fl. late 9th – early 10th c., Iceland, p)

Ho–Hr

• Ho Fuk Yan (何福仁, living, Hong Kong, nf/p)
• Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761, England, nf)
• Tami Hoag (born 1959, US, f)
• Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960, Vietnam/Germany, f/nf)
• Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836, England, nf)
• Mike Hoare (1919–2020, India/S Africa, nf)
• Russell Hoban (1925–2011, US/England, f/p/ch)
• Ion Hobana (1931–2011, Romania, f/nf), pseudonym of Aurelian Manta Roşie
• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679, England, nf)
• Pam Hobbs (born 1929/1930, England/Canada, nf)
• Will Hobbs (born 1974, US, ch)
• Hermione Hobhouse (1934–2014, England, nf)
• John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton (1786–1869, England, nf)
• Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012, Egypt/England, nf)
• Lady Margaret Hoby (1571–1633, England, nf)
• Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426, England, p)
• Zoran Hočevar (born 1944, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020, Germany, d/f)
• Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria, d)
• Mary Hocking (1921–2014, England, f)
• Emmanuel Hocquard (1940–2019, France, p/nf/f)
• Jakob van Hoddis (1887–1942, Germany, p), pseudonym of Hans Davidsohn
• Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009, US/England, f/nf)
• Merle Hodge (born 1944, Trinidad, f/nf)
• Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, Australia, p)
• Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994, Egypt/England, nf)
• Helen Hodgman (born 1946, Scotland/Australia, f)
• W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, England/France, p), pseudonym Edward Melbourne
• William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815–1880, Scotland, nf)
• Tone Hødnebø (born 1962, Norway, p)
• Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
• Peter Høeg (born 1957, Denmark, f)
• Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960, Norway, f)
• Tore Elias Hoel (born 1953, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Edvard Hoem (born 1949, Norway, f/d)
• Michael Hoeye (born 1947, US, ch)
• Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989, US, nf)
• Mary Hoffman (born 1945, England, ch)
• August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874, Germany)
• E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822, Germany, f/nf)
• Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894, Germany, p/ch)
• Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England, ch)
• Wim Hofman (born 1941, Netherlands, f)
• Albert Hofmann (1906–2008, Switzerland, nf)
• Gert Hofmann (1931–1993, Germany, d/f)
• Michael Hofmann (born 1957, Germany/US, p)
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria, f/d/p)
• Gunvor Hofmo (1921–1995, Norway, p)
• James P. Hogan (1941–2010, England/Ireland, f)
• Shanna Hogan (1982–2020, US, nf)
• James Hogg (1770–1835, Scotland, p/f/nf)
• Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham (born 1946, England, nf)
• Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1792–1862, England, nf/f)
• Robert Hohlbaum (1886–1955, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
• Franz Hohler (born 1943, Switzerland, f)
• Hideji Hōjō (北条秀司, 1902–1996, Japan, f/d)
• Odd Hølaas (1898–1968, Norway, nf)
• Anton Holban (1902–1937, Romania, f/nf)
• Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754, Norway, p/f/nf)
• Zita Holbourne (born 1960s, England, nf)
• David Holbrook (1923–2011, England, f/p/nf)
• Jasmina Holbus (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• M. H. Holcroft (1902–1993, N Zealand, nf/f)
• Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England, d/nf/p)
• Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896, England, nf)
• Wendy Holden (born 1961, England, f/nf)
• Wendy Holden, (born 1965, England, f)
• Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843, Germany, p/nf)
• Elizabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955, US, f)
• Robert Holdstock (1948–2009, England, f)
• Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England, p/f/ch)
• Margaret Holford (the elder) (1757–1784, England, f/d/p)
• Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England, p)
• Abraham Holland (died 1626, England/Isle of Man, p)
• Barbara Holland (1933–2010, US, nf)
• Jane Holland (born 1966, England, p/f/nf)
• Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, Canada, p/f/nf)
• Patrick Holland (born 1977, Australia, f)
• Sarah Holland (born 1961, England/Scotland, n)
• Tom Holland (born 1968, nf)
• Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f)
• Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, Australia, p/nf)
• John Hollander (1929–2013, US, p/nf)
• Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954, England, f/p)
• Matthew Hollis (born 1971, England, p)
• Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949, Australia, nf/f/ch)
• Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937, Argentina, nf/f)
• Timothy Holme (1928–1987, England/Italy, nf/f)
• Janet Holmes (born 1947, N Zealand, nf)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894, US, p/nf)
• Richard Holmes (born 1945, England, nf)
• Victoria Holmes (living, England, f)
• Egil Holmsen (1917–1990, Sweden, d/f)
• Sverre Holmsen (1906–1992, S Africa/Sweden, nf)
• Sara Holmsten (1713–1795), Sweden
• Michael Holroyd (born 1935, England, nf)
• Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976, Netherlands, p)
• Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952, Netherlands, p/nf)
• Imogen Holst (1907–1984, England, nf)
• Anne Holt (born 1958, Norway, f)
• Frank L. Holt (living, US, nf)
• Hazel Holt (1928–2015, England, f)
• Kåre Holt (1916–1997, Norway, ch/f/nf)
• Nathalia Holt (born 1980, US, nf)
• Tom Holt (born 1961, England, f)
• Victoria Holt (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
• William Holt (1897–1977, England, nf/f)
• Winifred Holtby (1898–1935, England, f/nf)
• Karl von Holtei (1798–1880, Germany, p)
• Åsta Holth (1904–1999, Norway, f/p)
• Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997, Germany, p/nf)
• Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776, Germany, p)
• William Holwell (1726–1798, England, nf)
• George Holyoake (1817–1906, England, nf)
• Arno Holz (1863–1929, Germany, p/d)
• Stewart Home (born 1962, England, f/nf)
• Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo Filho (1892–1928, Portugual, nf)
• Homer (early 9th – late 8th c. BCE, Greece, p)
• Annie Homer (1882–1953, England, nf)
• Ee Tiang Hong (1933–1990, Malaya/Australia, p)
• Hong Liangji (洪亮吉, 1746–1809, China, nf)
• Hong Zicheng (洪自誠, fl. 1572–1620, China, nf), pseudonym Huanchu Daoren (還初道人)
• Hong Ying (虹影, born 1962, China, p/f)
• Barbara Honigmann (born 1949, Germany, f)
• Axel Honneth (born 1949, Germany/US, nf)
• Christophe Honoré (born 1970, France, ch/f)
• Luis Bernardo Honwana (born 1942, Mozambique, f)
• Lynley Hood (born 1942, N Zealand, nf)
• Thomas Hood (1799–1845, England, p/f)
• Tom Hood (1835–1874, England, nf/p)
• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647, Netherlands, nf/p/d)
• Theodore Hook (1788–1841, England, f/nf)
• Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, Canada, p/d)
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703, England, nf)
• Richard Hooker (1554–1600, England, nf)
• Thomas Hooker (1586–1647, England/US, nf)
• John Hoole (1727–1803, England, nf/d)
• Ed Hooper (born 1964, US, nf)
• John Hooper (c. 1495–1555, England, nf)
• Kay Hooper (born 1958, US, f)
• Peyman Hooshmandzadeh (born 1969, Iran, f/nf)
• Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948, Wales, p)
• Charles Hooton (1810–1847, England, f/nf)
• Harry Hooton (1908–1961, Australia, p/nf)
• A. D. Hope (1907–2000, Australia, p/nf)
• Alexander Beresford Hope (1820–1887, England, nf)
• Anthony Hope (1863–1933, England, f/d)
• Christopher Hope (born 1944, S Africa, f/p)
• Henry Thomas Hope (1808–1862, England, nf)
• Thomas Hope (1769–1831, England, f)
• Hans Hopfen (1835–1904, Germany, p/f)
• Ellice Hopkins (1836–1904, England, nf/p)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, England/Ireland, p)
• William Hopkins (1793–1866, England, nf)
• Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960, Jamaica/Canada, f)
• John Hoppner (1858–1910, England, nf/p)
• Mererid Hopwood (born 1964, Wales, p)
• Anisul Hoque (born 1965, Bangladesh, f/nf/d)
• Horace (65–8 BCE, Rome, p), Anglicization of Quintus Horatius Flaccus
• Paul Horgan (1903–1995, US, f/nf)
• Akira Hori (堀晃, born 1944, Japan, f)
• Tatsuo Hori (堀辰雄, 1904–1953, Japan, f/p/nf)
• Daigaku Horiguchi (堀口大学, 1892–1981, Japan, p)
• Sydney Horler (1888–1964, England, f)
• Nick Hornby (born 1967, England, f/nf/p)
• Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884, England, p/nf)
• Roy Horniman (1874–1930, England, f/d)
• Wendy Hornsby (born 1947, US, f)
• Paul Hornschemeier (born 1977, US, nf)
• E. W. Hornung (1866–1921, England, f/p)
• Michael Horovitz (1935–2021, England, p)
• Anthony Horowitz (born 1955, England, f)
• Oktay Rıfat Horozcu (1914–1988, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/d)
• Elaine Horseman (1925–1999, England, ch/f)
• Maria Teresa Horta (born 1937, Portugal, p/nf)
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883, Sierra Leone, nf)
• George Moses Horton (1798 – post-1867, US, p)
• Oto Horvat (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Italy, p/f)
• János Horváth (1921–2019, Hungary/US, nf)
• John Horvath (1924–2015, Hungary/US, nf), born János Horváth
• Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary/France, d/f)
• Claire Horwell (living, England, nf)
• William Horwood (born 1944, England, f)
• Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales/Egypt, f/d)
• Kazushi Hosaka (保坂和志, born 1956, Japan, f)
• Shin'ichi Hoshi (星新一), 1926–1997, Japan, f)
• Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子), 1903–1984, Japan, p)
• Hoshino Tenchi (星野天知), 1862–1950, Japan, p/nf)
• Emma Hosken (1845–1884, England, f)
• Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942, Australia/US, f)
• Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (1950–2013, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, p/nf)
• M Sakhawat Hossain (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf)
• Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1911, India, f/d/nf)
• Saad Z Hossain (living, Bangladesh, nf/f)
• Sadat Hossain (born 1984, Bangladesh, p/d/f)
• Selina Hossain (born 1947, India/Bangladesh, f)
• Khaled Hosseini (born 1965, Afghanistan/US, f/nf)
• Eugenio María de Hostos (1839–1903, Puerto Rico, nf/f)
• Michel Houellebecq (born 1956 or 1958, Réunion, f/p/nf)
• Zehira Houfani (born 1952, Algeria/Canada, f)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961, England/Australia, nf)
• Joan Houlihan (living, US, p)
• Gisèle Hountondji (born 1954, Benin, f)
• Paulin J. Hountondji (born 1942, Benin, nf)
• Hasan Hourani (1974–2003, Palestine/US, ch)
• A. E. Housman (1859–1936, England, p/nf)
• Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932–2018, f/nf/ch)
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born 1934, US, f/nf)
• Zach Houston (living, US, p)
• Willem van den Hout (1915–1985, Netherlands, nf/ch), pseudonym Willy van der Heide
• Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (born 1939, Benin, p)
• Anders Hovden (1860–1943, Norway, p/f)
• Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f/nf)
• Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (1864–1929, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
• Ragnar Hovland (born 1952, Norway, f/p/ch)
• Naghash Hovnatan (1661–1722, Armenia, p)
• Anthony Howard (1934–2010, England, nf)
• Edward Howard (1624–1712, England, p/d)
• Edward Howard (1793–1841, England, f)
• Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014, England, f/d/nf)
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516/1517–1547, England, p)
• Linda Howard (born 1950, US, f)
• Richard Howard (1929–2022, US, p/nf)
• Robert E. Howard (1906–1936, US, f)
• Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, Australia, nf/p)
• Youssef Howayek (1882–1967, Ottoman E/Lebanon, nf)
• Charles Howe (1661–1742, England, nf)
• Fanny Howe (born 1940, US, p/f)
• George Howe (1769–1821, Saint Kitts/Australia, nf)
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US, p/nf)
• Susan Howe (born 1937, US, p/nf)
• Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, Australia, p)
• Daniel Howell (born 1991, England, nf)
• Hannah Howell (born 1950, US, f)
• Thomas Jones Howell (died 1858, England, nf)
• William Dean Howells (1837–1920, US, f/nf/d)
• Edith Howes (1872–1954, N Zealand, ch)
• Francis Howgill (1618–1669, England, nf)
• Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England/Austria, p/nf)
• Godfrey Howitt (1800–1873, England/Australia, nf)
• Mary Howitt (1799–1888, England/Italy, p/nf/cs)
• Richard Howitt (1799–1869, England, p)
• William Howitt (1792–1879, England, nf)
• Janni Howker (living, Cyprus/England, f/ch)
• Aslaug Høydal (1916–2007, Norway, f/p/ch)
• Ida Hegazi Høyer (born 1981, Norway, f)
• Fred Hoyle (1915–2001, England, nf)
• Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997, Czechoslovakia, p/f)
• Hrabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, East Frankish Kingdom, nf/p)
• Chernorizets Hrabar (fl. 9th–10th c., Bulgaria, nf)
• Kristinn Hrafnsson (born 1962, Iceland, nf)
• Nikolai Hristozov (1931–2015, Bulgaria, f/p)

Ht–Hy

• Khin Khin Htoo (born 1965, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)
• Ganggang Hu Guidice (胡剛剛, born 1984, China/US, nf/f/p)
• Hu Lanqi (胡兰畦, 1901–1994, China, nf)
• Hu Sanxing (胡三省, 1230–1302, China, nf)
• Hu Shih (胡適, 1891–1962, China, nf)
• Huaisu (懷素, 737–799, China, nf)
• Hua Qianfang (宁学明, 1978, China, nf)
• Huang E (黄峨, 1498–1569, China, p)
• Huang Ruheng (黃汝亨, 1558–1626, China, p)
• Huang Tingjian (黃庭堅, 1045–1105, China, p)
• Huang Yuanyong (黃遠庸, 1885–1915, China, nf)
• Huang Zongxi (黃宗羲, 1610–1695, China, nf)
• Huang Zunxian (黃遵憲, 1848–1905, China, p)
• Madame Huarui (徐惠妃, c. 940–976, China, p)
• L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986, US, f/nf)
• Nancy Hubbard (born 1963, US, nf)
• Ricarda Huch (1864–1947, Germany, nf/f/p)
• Peter Huchel (1903–1981, Germany, p)
• Mohammad Nurul Huda (born 1949, Pakistan/Bangladesh, p/f)
• Jurij Hudolin (born 1973, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf)
• Deal W. Hudson (born 1949, US, nf)
• William Henry Hudson (1841–1922, Argentina/England, nf/f)
• Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1960, Canada, p, f)
• Conrad Busken Huet (1826–1886, Netherlands, nf)
• Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901, England, f/nf)
• Lynn Huggins-Cooper (born 1964, England, nf/ch)
• Hugh of Flavigny (born c. 1064, France, nf)
• Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960, Wales, f)
• Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910, Wales, f/p), pseudonym Gwyneth Vaughan
• Carol Hughes (born 1961, England/US, ch)
• Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993, US, f/nf)
• Ellen Hughes (1867–1927, Wales, nf/f/p)
• Frieda Hughes (born 1960, England/Australia, ch/p)
• Hugh Hughes (1693–1776, Wales, p)
• John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887, Wales, p)
• Jonathan Hughes (1721–1805, Wales, p)
• Langston Hughes (1901–1967, US, p/f/d)
• Richard Hughes (1900–1976, England/Wales, p/f/d)
• Richard Cyril Hughes (1932–2022, Wales, nf)
• Ted Hughes (1930–1998, England, p/ch)
• Thomas Hughes (1822–1896, England, f/nf)
• Thomas Rowland Hughes (1903–1949, Wales, f/d/p)
• Richard Hugo (1923–1982, US, p/nf)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France, f/p/d)
• Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948, Chile, p)
• Emma Huismans (born 1947, Netherlands/S Africa, f/nf)
• Hulda (1881–1946, Iceland, p/f/nf)
• Coral Hull (born 1965, Australia, p/nf)
• Lynda Hull (1954–1994, US, p)
• John Hulme (born 1969, US, ch)
• Keri Hulme (1947–2021, N Zealand, f/p)
• T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, England, nf/p)
• Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born 1940, Mauritius/France, f)
• Alexander Hume (1558–1609, Scotland, p)
• David Hume (1711–1776, Scotland, nf)
• Fergus Hume (1859–1932, England, f)
• Norbert Hummelt (born 1962, Germany, p/nf)
• Olga Humo (1919–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Lawrence Humphrey (c. 1527–1590, England, nf)
• Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882–1955, Wales, f/nf)
• Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938, England, f/nf)
• Humphrey Humphreys (1648–1712, Wales, nf)
• Barry Humphries (1934–2023, Australia, d/nf/f)
• Wilhelm Hünermann (1900–1975, Germany, nf/f)
• Christian Friedrich Hunold (1680–1721, Germany, f), pseudonym Menantes
• Angela Elwell Hunt (born 1957, US, nf/ch)
• Des Hunt (born 1941, N Zealand, ch)
• Irene Hunt (1907–2001, US, ch)
• Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton (born 1941, England, nf)
• Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, England, nf/p)
• Sam Hunt (born 1946, N Zealand, p)
• Stephen Hunt (born 1966, Canada, f)
• Tristram Hunt (born 1974, England, nf)
• Violet Hunt (1862–1942, England, f)
• Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England, p)
• Erin Hunter (fl. 2000s, England), collective pseudonym
• Jillian Hunter (born 1950, Scotland/US, f)
• Louis C. Hunter (1898–1984, US, nf)
• Norman Hunter (1899–1995, England, ch)
• Rex Hunter (1889–1960, N Zealand, p/d/f)
• Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, Hungary, f/d)
• Dương Thu Hương (born 1947, Vietnam, nf)
• Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香, 1772–1822, Vietnam, p)
• Marie Huot (1846–1930, France, p/nf)
• Hasan Azizul Huq (1939–2021, India/Bangladesh, f)
• Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817–1888, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Douglas Hurd (born 1930, England, f/nf)
• Graham Hurley (born 1946, England, f)
• Thomas Hürlimann (born 1950, Switzerland, f/d)
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, US, f/nf)
• Osvaldo Hurtado (born 1939, Ecuador, nf)
• Gregg Hurwitz (living, US, f/d)
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005, Germany, d)
• Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939, France/US, nf)
• Ihab Husni (born 1966, Egypt, ch/f)
• Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)
• Intizar Hussain (1925–2016, India/Pakistan, f/p/nf)
• Ebrahim Hussein (born 1943, Tanzania, d/p)
• Taha Hussein (1889–1973, Egypt, nf/p)
• Nancy Huston (born 1953, Canada/France, f/nf)
• Siri Hustvedt (born 1955, US, f/nf/p)
• A. S. M. Hutchinson (1879–1971, England, f)
• Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Scotland/Ireland, p)
• R. C. Hutchinson (1907–1975, England, f/d)
• Robert Hutchinson (born 1957, US, nf)
• Angela Huth (born 1938, England, f/nf)
• Lorna Hutson (born 1958, Germany/England, nf)
• Shaun Hutson (born 1958, England, f)
• Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
• Emily Huws (born 1942, Wales, ch)
• Aldous Huxley (1884–1963, England, f/nf/p)
• Andrew Huxley (1917–2012, England, nf)
• Anthony Huxley (1920–1992, England, nf)
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, England/Kenya, f/nf)
• Francis Huxley (1923–2016, England, nf)
• Julian Huxley (1887–1975, England, nf)
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895, England, nf)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695, Netherlands, nf)
• Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687, Netherlands, p)
• Douglas Smith Huyghue (1916–1991, Canada/Australia, p/f/nf)
• Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907, France, f/nf)
• Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849–1921, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/d)
• Stefán frá Hvítadal (1887–1933, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Stefán Sigurðsson
• Michal Hvorecký (born 1976, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf)
• Edward Hyams (1910–1975, England/France, nf/f)
• Marina Hyde (born 1974, England, nf)
• Robin Hyde (1906–1939, N Zealand, p)
• Hasnat Abdul Hye (born 1937, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Jill Hyem (1937–2016, England, d)
• Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983, US, p)
• Anton Hykisch (born 1932, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
• Hypereides (c. 390–322 BCE, Greece, nf)